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NEW YORK — SQUEALING schoolchildren ride a square-wheeled tricycle and a Coaster Roller that glides over plastic acorns. Downstairs, they fit monkey magnets together at the Tessellation Station.
This is how math is presented at New York City...Read More

NEW YORK — Hundreds mourned Hector Camacho on Saturday in the landmark East Harlem church the fighter attended as a boy, and hundreds more cheered and shouted “Macho” when his coffin was carried out and loaded into a hearse...Read More

NEW YORK — The annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade kicked off in New York on Thursday, putting a festive mood in the air in a city still coping with the aftermath of superstorm Sandy.
The American harvest holiday came as portions of...Read More

NEW YORK — Discovering Columbus, the conceptual art installation that surrounds a 13-foot statue of explorer Christopher Columbus with a well-appointed living room, has become a must-see cultural attraction in New York since it opened Sept. 20.Read More

SECOND MESA, Ariz. — A road trip to the Four Corners region of the Southwest offers a window into Native American culture, from ruins older than any other man-made structure in the U.S., to glimpses of contemporary life amid the Navajo and...Read More

NEW YORK — The mother of the three young girls who died during a Christmas-morning fire delivered a heartbreaking eulogy to her "girl tribe" at their sombre funeral in New York City on Thursday.Read More

NEW YORK — Two days after the encampment that sparked the global Occupy protest movement was cleared by authorities, hundreds of demonstrators marched through New York's financial district Thursday and promised a national day of action...Read More

NEW YORK — Workers cleaning up after a freak snowstorm raced Monday to clear fallen branches and splintered trees from paths and roads in Central Park in time for this weekend’s New York City Marathon, which winds through the park.
Only about 2.5...Read More